Craft bricklayer

Awareness of health, safety and welfare regulations, standards, and guidance and impact on role of the team and other construction trades. Employer and employee responsibilities. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH). Fire safety. Health and Safety at Work Act. Asbestos awareness. Manual handling. Fire extinguishers. Safety signage. Situational awareness. Slips, trips, and falls. Working in confined spaces. Working at height. Electrical safety. Reporting injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (RIDDOR), Provision and use of work equipment regulations (PUWER) & near miss reporting, signage and meaning

Safety Control equipment and safety techniques: Personal protective equipment (PPE), respiratory protective equipment (RPE) and dust suppression

Types incidents - accidents, near misses. Mitigation methods. Incident management techniques

Safe systems of work, control measure implementation and monitoring techniques

Environmental management systems and standards. Environmental Protection Act. Surface water management plan, Environmental signage and notices. Types of pollution and control measures: water, noise, air pollution, smells, spills, waste and disposal of hazardous waste

The importance and considerations of the environment: U values, R Values, thermal bridging, airtightness, acoustic performance, and applicable building regulations

The principles of building construction: Fire safety, fire stopping, water ingress, masonry defects, concrete defects, timber defects and repair. Structural stability incl. brick ties. Gas barriers. Retaining walls. Mortar additives, Brick specials

Transfer levels, methods and techniques; straight edge and spirit level, optical and laser levels

Modern Methods of Construction: Timber frame. Steel frame, Insulated Concrete Forms, Modular and concrete frames, Cross Laminated Timber Frames

The principles of heritage building, considerations, like for like wall replacement and other techniques applicable to the bricklayer

Standards and regulations associated with bricklaying activities: British standards, building regulations, warranty provider standards and new homes quality board

Methods of interpreting information from drawings, specifications, the production plan and producing work instructions, utilising traditional and digital methods

Resource quantity calculation techniques, costing, wastage and recycling allowance

Stock, material stock and considerations: Availability, stock lead times. Correct handling to prevent damage. Stock value. Faulty stock and returns process, stock rotation and quality control

Craft bricklayer tools, safe use and maintenance techniques: sliding bevels, trammels, squares, straight edges, site protractors, spring dividers, angle rules and scutch and masonry cut off saws

Powertools check, safe use, maintenance and storage, defect or fault escalation

Craft brickwork techniques: basket weave, stack bond, victorian weave, segmental and semi arches, rough and axed, battered work, tumbling in, brick and block bonded quoins, dog toothing and dental courses

Axed arches and surrounding haunch brickwork: Setting out and construction techniques

Curved on plan masonry: setting out and construction techniques

Sloped (vertical angles on plan) brickwork setting out and construction techniques

Decorative brick features and panels: setting out and construction techniques

Setting out and construction techniques: herringbone panels and masonry corbelling

Masonry reinforcement and specialist systems masonry purpose and use: Bed joint reinforcement, shelf angle, wind posts, helical bar and specialist DPC (damp proof course) systems

Angled on plan, off square masonry, setting out and construction techniques

Fireplaces and chimney setting out, construction and materials: hearths, plinths, flue liners and chimney pots

Written communication techniques. Plain English principles

Documentation methods and requirements - digital and paper based

Planning, work scheduling, and time management techniques for self and others

Quality assurance requirements

Well-being: mental and physical health considerations in self and others and how to access support

Inclusion, equity and diversity in the workplace

Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance

Apply environmental and sustainable principles in compliance with regulations standards and systems for example segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal

Implement and monitor safe systems of work and control measures

Comply with industry standards, guidance and tolerances

Identify and use safety control equipment including RPE, dust suppression and PPE

Interpret and extract information using paper based or digital techniques from drawings, specifications and the production plan to provide work instructions

Check, safely use and store power tools and equipment for example, drills, mixers. Escalate defects or faults

Safely use and maintain tools and masonry cut off saws

Calculate resource and cost quantities from site measurements

Set out and build sloped (vertical on plan) angled brickwork for example, battered work or tumbling in

Set out and build off square horizontal on plan angled masonry work for example: obtuse or acute angles

Set out and build axed arches and surrounding haunch brickwork, for example segmental or semi

Set out and build a decorative brick features, for example brick and block bonded quoins, dog toothing or dental courses

Set out and build curved masonry work for example, concave or convex

Set out and build a decorative panel. For example, basket weave, stack bond or victorian weave

Construct walls with complex elements. For example, bed joint reinforcement, helical bar, wind posts, support angles, specialist DPC systems or heritage principles (like for like wall replacement)

Set out and build herringbone panels

Set out and building masonry corbelling

Apply planning, work scheduling and time management techniques to identify and agree production plan targets

Apply quality assurance procedures

Communicate and report in written form any issues against the production plan and contribute to the solutions

Obtain, monitor and rotate stock and supplies

Complete documentation - paper based or digital. For example, job sheets, time sheets, risk assessments, method statements, equipment service records, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, incident reports, requisition sheets, quality records

Transfer levels, using for example straight edge & spirit level, optical or laser levels

Take personal responsibility for their own health and safety

Support an inclusive culture

Take responsibility for the quality of work and encourage others to work to high standards

Collaborate and promote teamwork across disciplines and external stakeholders

Committed to continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice

Promotes health, safety, environment and sustainability principles to others